j_lc_2017a_2017-11-15t12:10:20z4 Hearing Summary

Date: 11/15/2017

Location: RM 271

12:46 PM -- Police Officers' and Firefighters' Pension Reform Commission



Representative Ginal, chair of the Police Officers' and Firefighters' Pension Reform Commission, appeared before the committee. The summary report prepared for the Legislative Council Committee, copies of the bills, and the committee's charge can be found in Attachment D. The bills are as follows:



Attachment D - Police Officers and Firefighters Pension Reform merged files.pdf



Bill A – FPPA Statewide Standard Health History Form. Members of the FPPA are required to complete a standard health history form at the time they are hired. Bill A specifies that employers are required to ensure that members complete the form. It also allows the FPPA to adopt an electronic format for the form. Finally, it specifies that any member who omits or conceals a material fact concerning his or her health history may be disqualified from receiving disability or survivor benefits.



Bill B – Employer Entry FPPA Defined Benefit System. Bill B modifies statutory provisions related to the FPPA's partial entry program. The partial entry program permits FPPA members to remain covered by the statewide money purchase plan or to join the defined benefit system. Under this bill, the application process is simplified for a local government employer to cover some or all of its members under the defined benefit system instead of the money purchase plan. An employer may also require all new employees hired after a certain date who meet certain criteria to participate in the defined benefit system.